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Serving Ribena-Flavoured Champagne to Children Is in

By VICE Style

While we at VICE Style toil to bring you in-depth articles about prostitute-managed fashion labels in Sao Paulo, transvestites wearing bikinis made out of rats, Japanese kids who inject bagels into their faces and photo shoots set amongst suburban tower blocks in Russia, deep down we know that, really, all you want is quick, 30-second hits of dumb, weird, funny fashion news. That's why we created Tidbits, our frequently updated aggregator of all the dumbest, weirdest and funniest stuff we see, watch, hear or read on the fashion part of the internet. Here are this week's best.

LFW: BEARDS AND TATTOOS

ASGER JUEL LARSEN B2B T. LIPOP

Who: Asger is an ex-skater who got into designing clothes, and you can see that in the raw, fucked-up, amazing stuff he releases. T. Lipop are a minimalist, very British-looking brand who use luxurious materials and progressive cutting techniques. On face value, they couldn't be further away from each other, so it seemed odd that they were going back to back.

What: Asger was first out and presented a mainly monochrome collection, including a black, sleeveless suit, grey, crushed velvet parachute pants and some incredible beanies that I'm going to try and forge because fuck waiting for them to come out at the end of this year. T. Lipop's standout pieces were dressy jackets and tunics in rich, but not garish, colours, that managed to stay smart without looking massively lame. Maybe it's because all the models were heavily tattooed and had huge beards, which is a sure-fire way of gettig me to man-crush on someone.

How: I ran to the show because I thought I'd be late, then stood in the queue for, like, 45 minutes and ended up hating everyone around me. Oh, except for this super hot girl who interns at J.W Anderson, who I chatted to about how shitty fashion week can be. Nothing better than hot people agreeing with you. Inside, Asger started his show with a projection of Soviet men pulling a cart, then soundtracked his show with some vintage hip hop, which was a weird juxtaposition. T. Lipop used a Lil' Wayne song, then an instrumental with cheering in the background for his finale, which is definitely a good technique.

Vibe: Soviet Hip-Hop is in.

LFW: YOGI

ASHISH

Who: Ashish is the undisputed king of sequins. He has used them for the past 10 years to communicate in an almost unique fashion language because of his unerring idea that sequins will be the medium through which he expresses his stories. Or something.

What: This collection was called Bollywouldn't, which played on the idea of the new age traveler who is addicted to shopping. Models had heads in scarves and multi-layered wraps around their waists, a nod to more traditional Indian dress, but the yin-yang pink sequin trousers, rainbow platforms, and use of the acid house smiley face made this collection.

How: Ashish shows are much more fun and chill than most others, instead of stomping down the runway, the models slinked slowly to some yoga instruction and sitar music that morphed into Hindu hard house which is now my new favorite genre. There were a few tops with slogans, new-age mantras for the glamorous traveler, "Be Happy", "Om sweet om", or just simply "Relax". Keko Hainswheeler made some facial jewelery that played on the tradition again and it was all beautifully styled by Anna Trevelyan, layering multiple hoodies and wraps over sequin dresses.

Vibe: Goa Trance is in.

LFW: <3

COTTWEILER

Who: Cottweiler are an male duo from east London that have been making clothes for three seasons now, but surprisingly only sell via private arrangement. They've now stepped out from the darkness and teamed up with Primitive. The moodboard on the wall of their studio is a comprehensive selection of hardnuts, gang members, rudeboys, borstal boys, prisoners, criminals, and brutes, and their clothing manifests itself as a futuristic amalgamation of the lot.

What: A party and a presentation of their new collection in Primitive's two railway arches. If Raf Simons grew up on an estate in Hull and designed luxurious capsule collections for Sports Direct. There was also a video a glitchy dystopic view of a boy from the future, projected on the floor and made in collaboration with Nicolas Bates.

How: Unlike the usual monochromatic Damir Doma fashion crowd at Primitive's events, there were tracksuit-wearing lads in Nike TN-like hats and polished Y-3 sportswear. The party was on the official London Fashion Week event schedule so there were a few awkward moments when Richard Nicoll-loving fashion girls turned up and were scared off by the lack of other people in dresses and heels in pastel colors.

Vibe: Wanting this entire collection is in.

LFW: TSUNAMI TOPS

RYOHEI KAWANISHI

Who: Ryohei is the nicest dude in fashion and makes mental clothes, like the massively oversized UN jumper and the insane, trash/Facebook/Twitter/Google Chrome dress thing.

What: Ryohei told me that this collection was his way of dealing with and interpreting all the disasters that have been plaguing Japan, so each piece was meant to look like it had been destroyed by any one of the atrocious things to come from last year's earthquake – fucked up beyond belief, basically. I'm not sure how wearable it would be, but it was the only collection at fashion week that made me get all deep and think about stuff.

How: Ryohei is a textiles designer, fundamentally, so each top had taken hours of painstaking textile work. Everything had been crushed, then blasted with a whole load of paint and other unidentifiable stuff, then hung sparsely on a bleak metal rack.

Vibe: Fashion that makes you think about other people, rather than yourself, is in.

LFW: STEAMPUNK-ISH

À LA DISPOSITION

Who: Linda and Daniel Kinne met at fashion school, started designing together, fell in love, got married, moved to London, and have shown all of their À La Disposition collections in the city – this being their third. The whole thing is kind of heart-meltingly cute, bolstered by the fact that they seem pretty unpretentious for people in fashion, with David handing out the drinks at the presentation.

What: It all looked a bit steampunk, with a mix of structured and deconstructed dresses made out of everything from quilted fabric to tweed, topped with heritage patterns, Mad Hatter-esque top hats, and vastly oversized sleeves that hung low and rested on the floor.

How: I've never seen so many children at a fashion week presentation, which made the Ribena-flavoured champagne being served and the ominous, foreboding ambient music even more bizarre. Who puts alcohol that tastes like every child's favorite drink in a room full of children and then plays music to scare the shit out of them? Maybe they're not as nice as I thought.

Vibe: Victorian is in.

LFW: ENDZ CYBERGOTH

NASIR MAZHAR

Who: Nasir started out as a hairdresser, which obviously gave him an expert knowledge of heads for his next venture – becoming a milliner – because everything he's done so far has been mind-blowing.

What: Polystyrene mannequins modeled Nasir's range of cybergothy headwear, which was all fur with pony beads and leather mixed with faux-hedgehog. The ever-expanding range, now includes furry chokers, beaded purses, netted gloves, ear-muffs and backpacks, one of which I was worringly tempted to steal. Who knew cybergoth done well could lead you to crime?

How: Aggy grime from Firecamp and Dizzee's golden era blasted out over the speakers and we all got kicked out 10 minutes into the allocated hour, which sucked, because I could have kept staring at the collection for the rest of the day.

Vibe: Cybergoth via the east London endz is in.

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